partitions: add ->set_capacity block device method

* Add ->set_capacity block device method and use it in rescan_partitions()
  to attempt enabling native capacity of the device upon detecting the
  partition which exceeds device capacity.

* Add GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY flag to try limit attempts of enabling
  native capacity during partition scan.

Together with the consecutive patch implementing ->set_capacity method in
ide-gd device driver this allows automatic disabling of Host Protected Area
(HPA) if any partitions overlapping HPA are detected.

Cc: Robert Hancock <hancockrwd@gmail.com>
Cc: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
Cc: "Andries E. Brouwer" <Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl>
Acked-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Emphatically-Acked-by: Alan Cox <alan@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz <bzolnier@gmail.com>
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Bartlomiej Zolnierkiewicz
2009-06-07 13:52:52 +02:00
parent 02c33b123e
commit db429e9ec0
3 changed files with 35 additions and 11 deletions

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@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ struct hd_struct {
#define GENHD_FL_UP 16
#define GENHD_FL_SUPPRESS_PARTITION_INFO 32
#define GENHD_FL_EXT_DEVT 64 /* allow extended devt */
#define GENHD_FL_NATIVE_CAPACITY 128
#define BLK_SCSI_MAX_CMDS (256)
#define BLK_SCSI_CMD_PER_LONG (BLK_SCSI_MAX_CMDS / (sizeof(long) * 8))